Drainage Basin Systems (AQA A-Level Geography): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Drainage basin
Drainage basin
Land area channeling water to specific river & tributaries
Watershed
Watershed
High ground separating one drainage basin from another
Primary input to drainage basin
Primary input to drainage basin
Precipitation
Main outputs from drainage basin
Main outputs from drainage basin
Evapotranspiration & run-off
Interception store
Interception store
Precipitation on vegetation/structures, not reaching ground
Infiltration
Infiltration
Downward movement of water from surface into soil
Infiltration capacity
Infiltration capacity
Maximum rate soil can absorb water under given conditions
Overland flow
Overland flow
Water flowing horizontally across land when infiltration exceeded
Throughflow
Throughflow
Water movement downslope through subsoil
Aquifer
Aquifer
Water-bearing rock storing substantial water amounts